2022 Lamborghini Huracán STO

A few days ago I showed some photos of a Maserati MC20 Cielo at the H R Owen showroom in Stockport. H R Owen are also Lamborghini dealers and here's a car that was outside their premises that day.

It's a 2022 Lamborghini Huracán STO which is a variant of the Huracán that's been uprated for track use and has the same 5,204cc V10 engine as the Huracán Evo and Huracán Perfomante.

Motorcycles at Silverstone

These two motorcycles took part in the Mike Hailwood Memorial Trophy race at the Silverstone Historic Festival meeting in August 2001.

Both machines competed in the Formula F750 Motorcycles class and the one nearest the camera is the 1972 Ducati SS of US rider David Barrett, whilst on the far side is Simon Walsh's 1970 Triumph Trident.

Lotus 23B & Lister Jaguar

I took this photograph during qualifying for the Gentlemen Drivers Sports Racing Challenge race at the Gold Cup meeting at Oulton Park in August 2005.

Leading in the 1962 Lotus 23B is Mike Doyle, closely followed by Crispin Harris in his 1958 Lister Jaguar. The Lotus 23 was introduced in 1962 to compete in the smaller classes of sports car  racing and was used with engines with capacities ranging from from 750cc up to 1600cc. The programme of the event shows this car as having a 1,598cc engine, presumably the Ford Kent derived 4-cylinder inline Cosworth unit. It proved to be an extremely successful car and about 130 examples of the Lotus 23, 23B and 23C were produced between 1962 and 1963. The Lister Jaguar has the 3,781cc version of the Jaguar XK6 engine. Brian Lister started producing sports cars in 1954 first with an MG engine and later with a Bristol engine, but he had the most success with the 1957 car which used the Jaguar D-type engine. The first version of this car was known at the time as a Lister-Jaguar, but after the 1959 car was given a smoother aerodynamic body designed by Frank Costin (and designed to use the Chevrolet Corvette powerplant) the more bulbous earlier car became known as the Lister Knobbly.

1959 Triumph TR3

This is a photograph I took at the Northern Classic Car Show at Belle Vue, Manchester in September 1985.

It's a 1959 Triumph TR3, a car sometimes known as a TR3A because the wider grille on the later models make it look a different vehicle to the original TR3. The original Triumph TR3 was produced between 1955 and 1957 with a 1,991cc straight-4 engine, and later versions from 1957 to 1962 with the 1,991cc engine, but with the option of a 2,138cc engine from 1959.

Jaguars

I took this photograph of two Jaguars at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting in July 2000.

On the left is a 1950 Jaguar XK120 with the 6-cylinder inline 3,442cc Jaguar XK engine. The car on the right appears to be a Jaguar D Type and the DVLA records say that it is a 1956 Jaguar XKSS D Type, first registered (presumably in its converted form) in 1990, with a 3.8 litre engine. The original XKSS cars were produced in 1957 when Jaguar converted 25 unsold D-Types into road cars, although 9 of these cars were destroyed in a fire at the Browns Lane factory before they left the production line.

1902 Warwick 6hp Stanhope

This is a photograph I took at the Vintage Sports Car Club's Boulogne and Hawthorn Trophies Race Meeting at Oulton Park in May 2005.

It was with a group of cars that looked as if they should be entered in the Cheshire Life Concours D'Elegance, but none was listed as such in the programme of the event. This is a 1902 Warwick 6hp Stanhope Four-Seater and the DVLA record says that it currently taxed and has a 700cc engine. The car was sold at auction by Bonhams in 2021 and the online description of the car gives this information about it:

'Like many of its contemporaries, Springfield, Massachusetts-based Warwick could trace its roots back to cycle manufacture in the 19th century. In 1901, the company diversified into motor manufacture, but continued under-capitalisation and fierce competition from mass-producers such as Oldsmobile led inevitably to its demise in 1905. The Warwick Cycle & Automobile Company's first product was a De Dion Bouton-engined Runabout. Early cars had the option of 3½hp or 5hp engines, and in 1902 Warwick announced the Folding Front Seat Stanhope powered by the more powerful 700cc 6hp De Dion Bouton engine.

Taken off the road in 1930, this Stanhope arrived in the UK from the USA in 1988 in remarkable 'barn find' condition (photographs taken on its arrival are on file). Most major components were present apart from the gearbox. Its new owner, engineer Roger Egginton, embarked on a painstaking and most comprehensively documented restoration. Having failed to locate an original gearbox, Roger built his own transmission using such photographs as existed for guidance with dimensions taken from the gearbox mountings on the chassis and using suitable available alternatives. The car now has a three-speeds-and-reverse transmission. A later carburettor was fitted during the course of restoration.'

2000 Ferrari 550 Maranello

This was one of the Ferraris I saw in the paddock at the Ferrari Racing Days meeting at Silverstone in September 2017.

It's a 2001 Ferrari 550 Maranello, which has a 5,474cc V12 Ferrari F133 engine and is one of 3,083 produced between 1996 and 2001.